System of decorating.



PATENTED APR. 18, 1905.

J. T. EVANS. SYSTEM OF DECORATING.

APPLICATION FILED 00124, 1901.

li ill Patented April 18, 1905.

PATENT OEEIcE.

JESSE T. EVANS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SYSTEM OF DECORATING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,616, dated April 18, I905.

' Applica i n file October 24, 1901, Serial No. 79.805.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEssE T. EVANS, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Systems of Decorating, of which the follow ing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification My invention relates to a system whereby decorative effects may be produced in the walls of buildings or other structures, the system comprising, essentially, transparent wall-surfaces over which or in the rear of which water is caused to flow and means whereby rays of colored light are projected onto the transparent wall-surfaces and water for the production of an illuminated decorative effect.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure I is a view in elevation of a wall-surface constructed for use in my system. Fig. II is an enlar ed vertical sectional view taken on line II II, Fig. I, throu'ghone of the columns used in the system. Fig. III is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on line III III, Fig. I. vertical sectional view taken on line IV IV, Fig. I. Fig. V is an enlarged detail crosssectional view taken on line V V, Fig. I. Fig. VI is a detail vertical sectional view taken on line VI VI, Fig. III. Fig. VII is a detail view of one of the sprinklers utilized in the system.

In carrying out my system I make use of transparent wall-sections, preferably of glass, and transparent columns, preferably of glass, and make use of means whereby water is conducted into proximity with said transparent wall-sections and also into said transparent columns to flow over the surfaces of the wallsections or column-walls illuminated by rays of light thrown thereon.

1 designates the transparent wall-sections, and 2 the transparent columns, in reference to which I will first describe the system in connection with the transparent columns as seen in Figs. I and II. The columns are suitably supported in the wall of the struc- Fig. IV is an enlarged ture in which they are used, and entering into the upper end of the column is a water conveying pipe 3, (see Fig. 11,) that has connected to it a revolving sprayer 4, having perforated arms 5, (see Fig. VII,) through which the water is discharged'from the conveying-pipe 3 into the column 2. The force of the water passing through said sprayer causes rotation of the sprayer and distributes the water into a spiral flow in the column, through which it descends to the lower end of the column and into a box 6 and finds egress through an outlet 7 at the bottom of said box.

In the box 6 is a reflector-housing 8, provided with a colored transparent screen 9, and within said reflector-housingis a lamp 10. The lamp 10 may be an electric lamp or one of any other suitable kind, and the rays of light therefrom are directed upwardly by reflection through the transparent top of the reflector-housing into the transparent column, where they strike against the descending water to illuminate it and produce a pleasing decorative effect. The colored transparent screen 9 in the reflector-housing may be of any desirable-color or colors in order to produce a colored illumination upon the water such as may be desirable.

Referring now to Figs. I, III, V, and VI, wherein the portion of the'system containing the transparent wall-sections 1 are shown, 11 designates a perforated water-conveying pipe supported by brackets 12 above the transparent wall-sections, as seen in Fig. III, and at the sides of said wall-sections, as seen in Fig. V. The water passing through said pipe 11 is directed onto the transparent wallsections and flows downwardly thereon perpendicularly or obliquely to the surface of the sections, descending into a receiving-box 13, provided with an outlet 14. Mounted in the box 13 is a reflector-housing 15, provided with a colored transparent screen 16 of any desirable color, and in said reflector-housing are lamps 17. From the reflector-housing 15 rays of light are reflected upwardly through the colored transparent screen 16 onto the water flowing over the transparent wall-sections to illuminate it and produce decorative effects.

Referring next to Figs. I and IV, 2 designates a transparent column into which water is introduced from a conveying-pipe 3 and discharged over a sprayer 4 onto the interior surface of the transparent column, and 18 is a second water-conveying pipe, provided with a nozzle 19, that is located in the lower end of the column 2 for thedischarge of water, which ascends in a fountain within the column, as illustrated in Fig. I. In the box 6, beneath the column 2, is a reflector-housing 8 and lamps 10, similar to those shown in Fig. II, from which rays of light are thrown upwardly into the transparent column to illuminate the water entering thereinto.

I claim as my invention- The combination with a transparent column, of a rotary sprayer mounted within said column near the top throwing water therefrom onto the inner surface of said column, in a downwardly and outwardly direction, a lamp arranged at the bottom of the column, an inverted-cone-shaped reflector surrounding the lamp and directing the rays from the light upwardly, and a transparent top over the reflector.

JESSE T.EVANS. In presence of N. V. ALEXANDER, M. P. SMITH. 

